29 Let's Go Campaign: Delaying Action at Arthenay

Having finally extricated the Americans from La Cambe I pushed on toward Arthenay where once again I would meet some dug in Germans who I needed to eject from their defensive positions.

I was reasonably confident - the German forces were significantly depleted and I was hopeful they'd pull out in fairly short order.

My first squad raced up to the advanced hedgerow

Whilst I deployed other squads to build a firebase.

Where were the hun hiding?

One of my squads took advantage of some double phases to race deep into enemy lines, neatly avoiding the Mg42 by careful deployment of their "conga line" formation

A tank rumbled up in support

Which cheered up the nearby Americans no end.

Unfortunately a pair of M42s lay in wait and began hammering the squad that had advanced so far.

Shock and casualties were mounting.

In desperation the squad on my right began to push forward.

And with that time was up my central squad had been cut apart by Mg42 crossfire and morale was tumbling...

We'd return later in the week to conclude the action.